The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, June 15, 1897, Image 4
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Who is the Poorest Man?
"Who is the poorest man in the
world today ? The poorest man 1
know is Uli' man who has nothing at
all but money?nothing elso 111 the
world but money?onty money."
It was a man with iron-gray hair
and iron-gray mustache who spoke,
the words, and he Bjpokc the last ones |
with emotion. The speaker was
.lohn I). Uookefeller, who, recently,
in the parlors of the [fifth Avenue
Baptist Church, N. Y., spoke to the
young nu n's Bible class.
Mr. Uookefeller held in bis hands
a cheap-looking, yellow-backed ac
count-book.
"This is my ledger," he said. "My
first business training was in keeping
a ledger. It was at the time when I
began to spend my first earnings in
my first struggle to get a footing. Lt
was a very bard struggle. When 1
put my head on my pillow tho con
tents of this little ledger kept run
ning in my mind until I awakened
the next morning.
"Besides the accounts I kept ill
this bo '; there-were memoranda of
occurrences. In after years 1 found
it. I kept it more than forty-two
years ago. 1 place great value upon
this little book."
Mr. Rockefeller's bauds trembled
as he turned the pages of the vol
ume.
"lt w'.is important to me to be par
ticular at that time about items of
receipts and disbursements" he con
tinued. "1 hope all you y<?ung men
are careful. I bclive it is a religious
duty tc get all the money you can.
Get it fairly, religiously and honest
ly, and give away all you can.
"This book reports what I receiv
ed and paid out for several years.
Here is an item: 'income from De
cember 20, 1855, to .limitary 20,
1850, $50.' And I lived within my
income. Out of that 1 paid my
washer woman, the lady with whom
I boarded, and 1 saved a little and
put it away.
"i see that I paid in the Sunday
school every {Sunday one cent. It
was all 1 had to give. 1 had a large
increase in revenue the next year,
lt was an increase of $25 a month.
"I was as independent in those
days as Mr. Aster, but when I got
that increase 1 felt guilty. I tell
like a criminal?like a capitalist.
We had no trusts or capitalists in
those days.
"I bought, my clothes from a cheap
clothier. The clothes were good, and
such as 1 could pay for. Let mo
give you all a word of advice : Live
within your means.
"What is success ?" he continued.
"Is it to get money ? Well, is that
success? The poorest man 1 know
is the man who has nothing but
money. If I had my choice today
I'd be a man with little or nothing,
but a purpose in life. It is not the
money itself that is so desirable.
Money is good if you know how to
use it.
"Let me give you a little word of
counsel: Know just what you i e
ceive and how you spend it. Write
down just what, you do with it, and
don't be ashamed to let your fathers
and mothers see what you have writ
ten down.
"In a year or two I managed to
save nearly $1,000. Here is an item
ni to clothes: My clothing from
November, L855, to November, 1850,
cost mo just $9.09. Here is one bit
of extravagance which bad quite es
caped my memory : Pair of fur
gloves, $2.
"All these little things helped me
to come into sympathy with many
undertakings, both religious and
philanthropic.'' .My opinion is that
no man can trust himself to wait un
til he has accumulated a great for
tune before he is charitable. He
must give away some money contin
ually." ? Pacific Methodist,
The Pearl.
The pearl is the one gem that
comes to us from the hand of Na
ture, and to this its antiquity as a
gem is largely due. Precious stones,
whose beauty and brilliance depend
on polishing and cutting, would na
turally be discovered and utilized
later. The discovery of the diamond,
for instance, probably dates within
historic times. Though known
earlier, it was not generally includ
ed among the gem treasures of roy
alty even as late as the seventh cen
tury. The modern cutting of dia
monds in regular facets was invent
ed as recently as M56, indeed, it
is quite probable that the pearl was
the Ii ist gem known and treasured
by prehistoric man, since the search
for food must have been the lirsl oc
cupation of the earliest of the race,
and the shining pearl would thus
have been discovered in river mus
sels, if not in marine oysters. Cer
tain it is that the Old Testament
and tho most ancient written histor
ies, allude to pearls and that remoter
evidence is found in the tombs and
excavated cities of still earlier eras.
The Egyptians, Babylonians, and
Assyrians held the pearl in an es
teem verging on reverence.
Not only were pearls known and
prized as the most precious of gems,
but they were gathered and treasured
in astonishing quantities by tho early
Oriental potentates. Many relics
and records of those days remain
The crown of the Khan of the Tar
tars, captured on the Ox us by the
Persians in the fifth century, was
decorated with several thousand
pearls. The famous crown of Chos
roes, made in the sixth century, and
which was strangely concealed for a
thousand years in an obscure fortress
among tho Lauristanian Mountains,
till brought to light by Shah Abbas,
is lnorusted with pearls in conjunc
tion with rubies. In tho seventh
century tho Arabs captured from
the Persian nobles fabrics of amaz
ing richness, among which was one
marvelous -carpet of white brocade,
' c d and (if$ feet by nine
precious stones, to represent u gar- i
den of all kinds of beautiful Ilowers j
?the leaves of emeralds and other I
green gems, the buds and bloss ?ms,
of pearls, along with rubies and sap
phires.?I'vpular {Science Monthly,
Tin: BUILDKKH OF Til K Tv KAM IDS.
? A personal inspeotion of the pyra
mids of Egypt, made by a quarry
owner, who spent sonic time recently
on the Nile, has led him to the eon
elusion that the old Egyptians were
better builders than those of the
present day. lie states that there
are blocks of stone in the pyramids
which weigh three or four limes as
niuch as the obelisk on the embank
ment. He Paw a sto O whose esti
mated weight was eight hundred
and eighty toMs. But then the
builders of the pyramids counted
human labor lightly. They had
great masses of subjects upon whom
to draw, and most of their work was
done by sheer manual labor and
force. There arc stones in the py
ramids thirty feet in length, which
tit so closel y toget her that a pen knife
may be run over the surface without
discovering the break between them.
They are not laid with mortar, cither.
There is no machinery so perfect
that it will make two surfaces thirty
feet in length which will meet to
gether in unison as these stones in
the pyramids meet. It. is supposed
that they were nibbed backward and
forward upon eaoll o'her until the
surfaces were assimilated.? London
Iron.
The woman who is indifferent to
her looks is no true woman, (led
meant woman to l>c attractive, to
look well, to please, and it is one of
her duties to carry out this intention
of her Maker, lint that dress is to
do it all, and to suffice, is more than
we can be brought to believe, .lust
because we do love to see girls look
well, as well as live to sonic purpose,
we would urge upon them such a
course of reading and study as will
confer such charms as no modiste
can supply. A well-known author
once wrote a very pretty essay on the
power of education to beautify?that
it absolutely chisels the features;
that he had seen many a clumsy nose
and a thick pair of lips so mooitied
by thought awakened and active
sentiment as to be unrecognizabU.
Ami he put it on this ground thai
we so often see people, homely and
unattractive in youth,bloom,in mid
dle life, into a softened Indian sum
i mer of good looks and mellow tones.
I?New York- Advertiser.
Park Ohurch Tidings tells the
story of a good man in a certain par
ish who regularly gave every Sun
day live dollars for the support of the
Church. A pour widow, a member
of the same Church, who supported
herself and her six children by wash
ing, was just as regular in making
her offering of live cents per week,
which was all she could spare from
lur scant earnings. One day Illerich
man came to the minister and said
that the poor woman ought not to
}>ay anything, and that he would pay
i the five cents for her every week.
When the pastor told her of the offer
she replied: "Doyou want to take
from me the comfort that I ox per i
, euce in giving to the Lord ? Think
how much I owe Him. My health
is good, my children keep well, and
1 receive so many blessings that I
feel that 1 could not live if 1 did not
make my little offering t_> .Jesus
each week."
The girl queen of Holland is only
fourteen years old. The other day
she knocked at the door of the room
of her mother, the 'pieen regen?
"Who is there?" askett the regent.
"It is the queen of Holland," came
the impetuous reply. ?'Then you
must not enter,'' said the mother.
After a pause came through the key
hole this, in a softer torn: "Mamma,
it is your own little daugiter." "You
may come in," gladly sau the queen
regent.
What a line illustration this beau
tiful incident i.-> of the Attitude we
must assume before Cl.ri.-t! He lias
not called us servants, bit friends.
We are joint heirs with htm. If he
is King, so arc we. But never will
the Cod of heaven open l\ any im
perious demand. "Admit Christ's
young brother, who with him is lord
of all your realms?ad nit me, 1
say!" No, heaven opens only o
the appeal of gratitude and mniility
and love. "All to Him I ove."
The following from the Episcopal
Recorder ought to satisfy any me thai
the fear of the number thirtoin has
no justifiable basis: "Strang? as it
may appear to some, there arc-many
persons who arc very superstitious,
and among their superstitions there
is none more marked than ft\ir of
the number thirteen. The New
York Obscrccr has, therefore, lone
well to call attention to the fuctthat
Nanscn's polar voyage, the most suc
cessful one ever made, began oi\the
thirteenth of the mouth, his eVew
was comprised of thirteen persois,
all of whom got home safely; Nanvn
himself was born on the thirteenth
of the month ; his ship, the Fra\it
got clear of the ice on the thirteenth
of the month, the same day that (0
reached Tromsoe, and he was ente -
tained by the Scottish O cog rap hi oil
Society on its thirteenth anniversary
on February thirteenth.
We hear often of the patience of a
camel, of its wonderful endurance.
A camel travels at the rate of about
four miles an hour. It can be made
to go seven, but it can keep this
pace for only two hours. If urged
beyond that, the Asiatics say, they
"break their hearts," for a camel
over-driven lies down and dies.
Egypt is advancing with steady
pace in population and wealth, in
education and civilization. The
population now exceods nino mil
lions?about one million in excess
of the population when Egypt was
at her highest pitch of prosperity in
old times. British managementhas
done wonders for the* "
I Will Be Good.
TbO nobles lowly bowed the knee
Before a gentle maiden fair :
"Croat Britain's scepter tails to thee
The king is dead. Thou art Iiis heir."
With throbbing heart Victoria stood
And trembling heard her mission high;
Then murmured soft, "I will be good?
God help me so to live and die."
The prayer was pleasing unto God,
Hi- smiled her loyal faith to hear,
And o'er her lifted up his rod
And blessed her people everywhere.
lie lengthened out her royal days
He spread her realm from laud to land
And filled men's lips with her rich praise
Which will forever untarnished stand.
? A.N. A.
Her Majesty, the Queen.
Victoria was a girl only eighteen
years old when she became Queen ;
but. she bad been mos' carefully anil
religiously reared, for since her early
childhood she hud been the heir pre
sumptive to the throne. Her reign,
already the longest in English his
tory, has been cast in an age of in
vention, of discovery, of enlarging
liberty, of colonization, not to be
matched in all preceding centuries,
she was happy in her wedded life of
twenly-oue years, Prince Albert. I he
Itoyal Consort, demeaning himself
in his delicate and diflioult relations
und de ties as a man of well-poised
judgment, of singular tact, of sturdy
patriotism,
"Whoso glory was, redressing human
wrong;
Who spake no slander, no, nor listened
to it;
How modest, kindly, all-accomplished,
wise,
Weal ing the white llowerof a blameless
life
liefere a thousand peering littlenesses,
In that fierce light which beats upon a
throne,
And blackens every blot.'
Her davotion to her home, and the
stringency of the rules which she
has kept in force in her Court con
cerning the domestic virtues, as well
as the condign social penalties which
she lias inHicted upon any within
the reach of royal displeasure who
have forgotten their marriage vows,
have put the throne of England in
these respects on a plane of (idelity
and honor which it did not occupy
ill other days. It. will not be easy
to measure the influence which the
Queen has thus exerted for tie
growth of those virtues sind graces
which form the buttresses of pure,
peaceful and happy homes.
Qlieeu V ictoria, in part at firs!
through the judicious help of Prince
Albert, in part because of the wisi
counsellors whom she has called tc
her aid, and in part through tin
careful preliminary political train
I ing which she enjoyed in her plastic
childhood years, has always recog
nized?to a greater extent perhaps
than any other British sovereign,?
the constitutional rights and privi
leges of the English people. She
has never apparently even for a mo
ment forgotten that the people are
the actual rulers in Great Britain,
and that she has held the crown on
ly in trust for their benefit. This
quality is in part due, of course, to
the age in which she has lived,?an
age in which her subjects have gain
ed many recognitions of the rights of
the common people not known in
the last century, but it is to her
credit that she has studied her age,
and has responded to its demands,
instead of holding fast with despotic
hand to the royal prerogatives as
many of her predecessors on the
English throne used to do.
it needs not to be said that the
Queen is admired and honored by
other nations almost as much as she
is by her own people, flood wishes
were spoken on her birthday in many
tongue-, and in many lands. Some,
while they bid hei God-Speed, will
recall the good wishes spoken by
Tennyson in March, 1851, soon afior
his appointment as i'oet Laureate,
wishes which could not have bee n
better phrased bad he known that
time would fully justify them:
?.May you rule us long,
And leave us rulers of your blood
As noble till the latest day !
May children of our children say,
She wrought her people lasting good;
Her court was pure, her life serene;
God gave her peace, her land ropOSOd ;
A thousand claims to reverence closed
In her as Mother Wife, and Queen.
? ? Central Christian Advocate,
Dining at Windsor Castle.
The peculiarities of dining with
Queen Victoria at Windsor Castle?
an honor which few Americans can
hope to enjoy?are thus described
by a recent, writer, and most readers
will be interested in the description
of what they can never hope to see
in person: On arriving at. the visi
tors' entrance of the castle, the
guests are received by the pages of
the chamber, who, after consulting
a table on which e:ich person's looa
tion is written out, conduct the
guests to their respective apartments.
The visitor's rooms are spacious,
warm and thoroughly comfortable;
they are hung with interesting pic
tures, and each contains a large bath,
with a perpetual hot and cold sup
ply. If the guest is known to any
one in waiting, he will probably be
speedily looked up by Iiis friend; if
ho is acquainted with a lady of the
leasehold, he may be bidden to
trink tea with her. In any case, he
probably receives a visit from Sir
? Min ('oweII. About half pust
seien it is time to prepare for the
Qinen's dinner-party, as it is inilis
peinable to appear at the royal table
in ful dress. The old and ugly
Winisor uniform if usually worn by
thost\who have a right to it. Soon
afterlight the visitor finds his way
into tie grand corridor, where the
dinner company assemble. Shortly
after h\lf-past eight the Queen en
ters fr?n her own private apart
ments, fUlowcd by Princess Beatrice.
Her Majisty speaks a word or two to
the visitors, and then aM go to, din
fcjjr. Tile4. private JiUninfir-yoom.
winch open a f rom the corridor, is a
most comfortable apartment. The
Queen always lunches ill tllid room,
and dines thoro when her party does
not exceed sixteen. The further side ,
is almost all window, looking iuto I
the quadrangle;-the walls on eaoh
hide of the door arc covered with
splendid tapestry, which was pre
sented to William IV. by Louis L'hil
i ippe. There are only two pictures?
I the Queen (by Angell) at one end,
ami the Duchess of Edinburgh at
the other. The dinner is always very
good, the carte being well conceived
and well executed, and the diners
excellently served. < Mi the menu
the name of the cook who
is responsible for eaoh dish is written
opposite to it, SO that praise ami
blame can bo equitably dispensed.
(Jhampagneand claret are the wines
usually taken. There is a largo cel
lar of very line old port, at tho castle,
but very little is now consumed, nor
is sherry (which was the favorite
wine of William IV.) in great re
(iuc8t. In I'rince Albert's time
Tokay always appealed, as he inva
riably ?naiik one glass after dinner ;
and as a supply was sent every
Christ teas by the Kmperor of Aus
tria, he got the best that could be
had. The royal dining-room is quite
a spectacle, and the lirsl time a visi
tor "has the honor of dining," he is
very likely to lose bis* dinner while
! looking round the room. John
Brown, in full Highland dress, is
stationed behind the Queen's cli. ir,
and occasionally the other "personal
servant," Lollleill (who was Prince
Albert's confidential valet > is also to
be seen hovering about. There arc
footmen in their state liveries, pages
and cellar men in their respective
uniforms, and the clerks of the
kitchen, who carve at the side table.
On ordinary occasions they are in
plain black with kuee-breeches, but
at large dinners they appear in their
uniform-;.
While the Queen is dining, Ihe
ladies and gent leinen of the house
hold arc taking their meal in the
large dintiing-room, under the pres
idency of Sir John Cowell; this room
I opens into the lirst of the three prin
> 1 cipal. drawing-rooms and is at the
northeast corner of t he castle, and
I the finest view from the whole phwc
I is obtained from its windows. The
Queen dines lure when she has a
i party of from twenty to thirty. On
the very rare occasions wllCU the
number is still larger, and it be
comes an affair of u state banquet,
St. George's Hall is used. 'L he Queen
leaves the room with the ladies, and
? in two or thVee minutes the gontle
? men follow, and then conies the only
i personal intercourse that takes place
, between a guest, and the host, as her
Majesty remains in the corridor for
, perhaps half an hour, ami converses
> for a few minutes with each visitor
? in succession, after which she bows
? to the circle and retires. Tho guests
> ami household then adjourn into the
Crini8on or Green Drawing-room
; (there is some wonderful Chippen
dale work in this room, which would
i be tho despair of ordinary dilettanti
if they COIlUI sec it,) and the even
ing closes with music and whist.?
> Good liounekccpiny.
i Biographical Sketch of Frincc
Albert.
r.l I'll Kl) Kit I CK SIIOHKKh, KSO.
Bornas we have seen, in 1819,
very few months after his royal cou
sin, to whom lie is about to be united,
he received the rudiments of instruc
tion at the ducal palace oi* Klit'Cll
burg, where he was daily attended
by eminent professors of the college
of Coburg, and other masters. His
father, who even in a private capa
city, would be considered a highly
accomplished man, himself superin
tended with affectionate anxiety the
education of his sons; and on his
separation from his consort, he was
induced to place I'rince Albei t un
der the care of his aunt, her Uoynl
Highness, the Duchess of Kont. The
I young prince then resided for some
I time at Kensington and at Olarc
j mont with his uncle Leopold, shar
ing t he lessons gi veil to his cousin
I the Princess, in music ami other
sciences. An early attachment wa8
thus insei.sibly formed; each had
abundant opportunity oi gaining an
acquaintance with the other's char
acter and qualities ; and that bond of
affection which links together so
closely all the members of the house
of Coburg,?a house to which,
through her mother, the Queen, in
fact belongs?may well be supposed
to have strengthened that predilec
tion which she is said to have enter
tained for the I'rince, ever since
maturing years and judgment have
led to*the serious consideration of
matrimonial alliance.
On the marriago of his l ather to
the Princess Mary id' Wertemburg,
in December, 1832, Prince Albert re
1 turned home and resumed his Studies,
I agreeably to the plan of his educa
tion laid down by the duke. Such
I was the progress he made, that bo*
' fore he had completed Iiis seven- i
teeuth year, he was deemed qualified
to remove with his brother to the
Prussian University at Bonn, whore
these princes not. only attended pub
lic lectures on tho classics and clas
sical literature, moral philosophy,
mathematics, political economy, his
tory and statistics, but were attend
ed by SOVernl private teachers of the
ornamental accomplishments. Here,
too, he had a most, desirable oppor
tunity for improving himself in t?n?
glish, the correct, accent he had al
ready acquired during his previous
residence in t his country.
While at the University, I'rince
Albert was a general favorite, for
his amiable manners, his engaging
conversation, ai.d the propriety of
his conduct. It was during his stay
nt Bonn, too, that ho published for
the benefit of the poor, a collection
of poems, some of which have been
set to ieU8ic by his brother, I'rince <
Ernest. We are assured that these ;
productions are equally creditable to i
the head and the heart of the youth- i
fuj poet; and tho object to j\vhich i
they were dedicated affords? sufli- i
?ient proof of the beiievolenoo of his i
nature. f
tend Hie coronation of her Majesty,
and at Miohieliuas of the same year,
having completed their studies at
Bonn, they returned to Coburg where
they were received with universal
demons! rat ions of joy. Preparations
were made for a tour to Italy, and in
December the princes set out, attend
ed by baron Stockmar, who lias been
for many years confidentially ein?
ployed it. the affairs of the house of
(lobtirg. The travellers were accotn-1
pauicd by the Duke to Munich,
where the most marked honors wer?'
paid to them, puhlie rumor having
already proclaimed the brilliant des
tinies that awaited Prince Albert.
The rest of the winter was spent
in Italy, and on their way home the
princes visited Vienna. The Ii ist ob
ject that met Albert's eye on enter
ing his apartments in the palace of
Khrenburg was the portrait of Queen
Victoria, arrayed in the rohes and
designated with the insignia of roy- |
ally, worn on the llrsfc prorogation
of the British Parliament, painted
at the express command of her Ma
jesty, by Chalou, and engraved by
Cousins. This present transmitted
to Uoburg hy.'the Queen during Iiis
absence, produced a surprise the
more agreeable as his highness had
received no previous information of
iU arri vol.
In bhigland, rumor had for some
time pointed out Prince Albert as
her Majesty's consort and the belief
in the accuracy of the report, al
though it was denied by the minis
terial newspapers, was strengthened
by a visit paid to this country by
tlie King of Belgium, and the sub
sequent arrival of the young prince
himself, during the autumn of 1830.
immediately after the departure of
his highness tins question was set at
rest. The Queetl caused all the mem
bers of her privy council to be sum
moned on the 23rd of November,and
eighty-live having assembled 01 , 'aat
day at Buckingham Palace, hei Ma
iesty was pleased to make a commun
ication <>f her intentions.'?From
Southern Christian Advocate of April
l;, is to.
Princess Victoria and the Tramp.
Mr. A. T. Story vouches for the
truth of the following incident of
the Queen's childhood, which he nar
rates in the" London Quiver. Sin
was at the time but seven or eighl
years of age, and her heart was set
on a certuin dell which she had seen
in a shop window. She had to wait,
however, until she COUid save the
price, six shillings, out of her pocket
money. At last the day came anil
the coveted doll was paid for a> d re
ceived. The story proceeds as fol
lows:
"And now, with the precious
1 treasure upon her arm, the little
lady bade the shopkeeper good-after
nooil, and was about to step from
1 the door, when a poor, miserable
looking object of a man met her eye.
lie was standing but a couple of feet
away, and seemed as though he were
. going to speak to her, attracted
doubtless by the innocent kindliness
of her expression and the tenderness
of her blue eyes. Hut though his
lips moved, no sound came from
them.
"lie stood a.-ule to let her pass, a
mute, agonized appeal in his sunken
cheeks and quivering chin,
"'Did you wi.sli to speak to me?'
'asked the little lady, staying h??r
I steps.
I "Kncouraged by her winning voice,
: the pool- tramp?for such he was?
said, in trembling accents:
"'1 am very hungry. 1 would not
I ask for help if I were not ready to
.-ink w it h hunger.'
??lie looked famine from his eyes.
"'I am so sorryj I have no money
or else?'
"His lips trembled forth a humble
'Thank you, lady,' then he shutiled
on bis way, hunger impersonate.
"'.Stay! murmured the little own
er of the new doll. There was a
quiver in her childish voice and a
moisture in her eye8 as she spoke.
'Wait a minute, please.'
"She stepped back into the shop,
approached the lady behind the coun
ter, and said :
"'Oh, please, do you mind taking
the doll back and keeping it forme
for a few days longer?'
"'Certainly I will," replied the
shopkeeper; 'and you wish me to re
turn you the money ?'
" 'Yes, if you please.'
"This was done, and the little
lady, hurrying out of the shop,
placed the whole of the money in the
hands of the starving man.
"Hi- was like one thunderstruck.
.Never had bounty rained upon him
in such profusion before.
"The object of her bounty mur
mtfVed in a low tone, though loud
enough to reaoh her ear:
"'If the Almighty made you a
qdeen, it would not be more than
your goodness deserves!'
"Then he hobbled away to satisfy
his hunger."?Literary Digest.
How THEY hlVH.?The life of the
German Kmpcror's boys is by no
means one of luxury; for they arc
allowed only about an hour and a
half a day to themselves, while the
remaining lime, oven on holidays, is
given to study and physical culture.
Up to the age of nine, life for them
is one grand holiday, but after that
work begins. Here is the routine
followed: In summer they are out
of bed at six o'clock (in winter, an
hour later). Breakfast is served at
7::{(), and consists of one cup of tea
and a roll; from H to 0530 they are
studying, then a second breakfast of
bread and water, tinged with red
wine, is supplied. Immediately af
terward they work at their books,
though the time ,s divided until 1:1.7'
with some physical exercise in
gymnastics and liorse exercise. After
(linner, which is spent in company
with the military and civil governors
of the castle, they have a brief breath
ing-tinic to themselves. But this
soon passes, and '.hey are agaia with
their tutors studying scienco and
music until six o'clock. Thereupon
nipper is served, and at eight o'clook
ill aro in bed. The boys are-con
sidered very profloient in the saddle
pm in all other outdoor sports.?
POWDER
Absolutely Pure.
Celebrated for its great leavening
(strength and healthfulnoss. Assures
tho food against alum and all forms
of adulteration common to the cheap
brands.
liOYAL Baking PowdkrCo.,
Now York.
BAILEY is VOlt BRYAN.
The Democratic Leader of the Houso
Declares lor die NobriiHkan and
Um Chloafxo Platform in IUOO,
Representative Joseph W. Bailey, of
Fcxas, has lately returned !?? Washing
ton from a stumping tour through the
Ko-ft Congressional District of Mis
souri. Ho announces it a* bis opinion
that it would ho a serious mistake not
to nominate William .). Bryan as tin;
Democratic Prosldontal candidate In
IUOO. Mr. Bailey is the Democratic
leader in the House ami the announce
ment is received with a great deal O?
Interest.
"It seems the almost unanimous
opinion of the Domooi'ats whom I have
mot," said Mr. Bailoy, " that the party
should In 1001) roudopt the Chicago
platform of 1800 without qualification
or reservation. It will lie Impossible
to disassociate Mr. llryan from the
platform. He is a part of tlie light of
I80U, ;md to adopt the platform of last
year and refuse the noaiination of Mr.
Bryan would bo a serious mistake. It
is my judgment that ''Is renominat ion
is a foregone conclusion.
"Mr. Bryan is a bettor Domoorat
now than be was when ho was nomi
nated, and be apt ears to be settling
down upon a basis that entitles him to
tue support of ail Democrats who
stand squarely upon the undying prin
ciples of the party that was founded
! by JotTorson. 1 dltforod from Mr. Bryan
I in many ol ins earlier opinions an.1
convictions, but siuoe bis nomination
be has kept himself in ev< rything tbut
he has said and done strictly wi'biu
the limitations of the Chicago plat
form, and that platform lb good onough
for me or any other Democrat to stand
on.
"When Mr. Bryan first entered (Con
gress six years ago. ho was a tariff
specialist. Since then be has broaden
ed out immensely, and I know of no
man who more fully represents the
popular idea of pun- Demo-racy than
In; does, lie is a true American, a
patriot, and a man whom the Demo
crats of the country feel that they can
trust.
"The Democratic party today Is
more united than I 1 ave ever known it
to be. 'The I'opillists who left the
party becuuso of Cleveland and hin
policies have returned and are with
us heart and soul. The middle-of-the
road Populists are still against us, as
they always have boon, because wc
have not subscribed to Lheb extreme
views, and the gold I) minerals arc
still an uncertain quantity. They will
I have to come to us, however, or goover
[ to the Republicans.
" We oat not ufford to yield to oithsr
. extreme and mtisl stand upon thoplat
form of Ibilii. Ninety nine per cent ol
I the Democrats of the United States
j hold that view."
OCEAN CENTRAL STATIONS.
A Novel l'lan to Insure Safety in Ocean
Travel and Improve ibe Weather
Service.
Pittsburg Dispatch.
A project, as bold as it is mug if. li
cent, has just been Invented for pro
viding a series of stations acres-, tho
Atlantic which will enable steamers
at sea tobe communicated with just
as a railway train on is cry land.
At certain Intervals of about I no
miles.Mr. Ltoubcti Ii. P lass, for that is
the inventor's name, proposes to place
what be calls "central stations."
They are 2-storiod structures, with
quarters in which a ci rtain number of
men will live, just as they do in the
lightships round the coast. I'.aeb of
these stations will be supplied with
stores capable of lasting a long time,
and is to in; equipped with a lifeboat,
manned by three sailors, which is to
lie available for use whenever neces
sary.
There are also to be attached to
these stations two steam or nantha
! .'inches to petrol the interval from
one station to the other, keeping a
lookout for ships in distress and for
wrecks, as well us icebergs. All in
formation gathered on these points
will be conveyed along the line by
means of a telephone apparatus, with
which it is proposed to connci i tho
chains of vessels. Between euch cen
tra) station there will be a scries of
small floating lighthOUSCS at intervals
of a mile. These arc to bo provided
with foghorns, whose working will be
by means of compressed air, stored by
an automatic apparatus as the edifice
rocks, while the light which they fur
nb|i at night will require attention
only two or three time.-, a year.
Those lighthouses will ba furnished
with ladders reaching to tho -i n, so
that should an Individual be unfortu
nate enough, through shipwreck or
accident, to got Into the water h<a would
be able to climb int o the lighthouse,
which will contain food and the means
of preparing it, us well as supplies of
dry clothing.
The opening of the door of any ( no
of those light houses In tho chain will
automatically convey a message to
this effect down tho line to t he cent ral
station on each side and will also in
dicate the light house which has thus
become the shelter of someone neodlng
assistance
As soon as tho storm subsides, should
one be raging at the time, the lifeboat
will be put oh* from the nearest station
in order to take tho man oir the light
house, and place, him on hoard the lir st
passing Steamer going the direction in
which ho was bound.
While the human side of tho project
is thus indicated, its utilitarian advan
tages will bo by no means lost night of. i
On evoiy one if these li^i thouses or
buoys?for jh they will practically
become AUtOUiatiO instruments will
record the temperature of the air and
water, the rainfall, tho velocity and
direction of the wind and current, as
well as other facts which it is dcsiruhlc
to register.
These will bo telegraphed' to both
sldos cf the Atlantic, and a knowledgo
[>f tho climatic conditions advancing
Lo the OOaSt likely to obtain on shoro
will thus bo secured several days
?hoad. Hvorytblng which can bo
looo automatically will bo done in
hi.i way, so that hs Httlo routine work l
is possible will bo loft for tho mon at!
ilr/XdlfTerent stations to look after.
Tho* will thus bo able to glvo tho
rroaver part of their attention to the
>atrol, of their district and tho 1
avln(r work, which will morally
ing thu uiloptlon of the p'un at ?11
feasible.
In order to keep the lightships and
lloaiiotl station in position they will,
of course, have to be anohored to the
bottom of the ooean. To make them
us com for table and as steady a* possible
for the met, living in them, huge iron
tanks will form an essential feature of
their construction These will be Qli
ed with oil. which, in stormy weather,
will he poured on the waves in order
to break their force am' ko< p the sea
from running too high, thus endanger
lug the safety of the stations or causing
them to drug their anchor*.
CHARLESTON
"Augusta and A she vi He short l.inc.''
Schedule in effect l?'eb. t. 1890.
bv Augusta. (> 40 am 1 10 pm
Ar (Jrosewood.tu IV pm _
A nderson. f! in pm
I.aureus. I 15 pm 7 00 am
Ureenvillo. 3 00pm 10 15am
(ilenn Springs.??< 4 03 pm .
Spnrtanburg.3(0 pm 0 25 am
Saluda.... .....> 23 pm .
lleiidersonville. .. 5M pm .
Ashoville. 7 00 pm .
Fv Xsheville.... .. s 2? am .
Bpartanburg.n 15 pm i 00 pm
(Menu Springs_11????i .
Ureenvillo.n itism 4 00 pm
Laureiifl. I pm v 00 cm
A nderson . V 00 am
Greenwood.2 28 pm ....
Ar Augusta. .">'"".pm 11 1?. am
l.v SpnrtnuTiurg. 11 45 am
Oreeuvlllo. . 1160 am
Ar Clinton. 2 10 pm
Newherry. 2 57 pin
Pros peril y. 3 13 pm
Columbia. . I 1 pie
Sumter. 'i 42 pm
Charleston. 0 30 pm
I.V Charleston ... 7 00 am
Sumter. !' 35 am
Columbia. 11 iki am
Prosperity. 11 58 am
Newberry. 12 10 pm
Clinton. 12 ? ><? jun
Ar Greenville. 3 00 pm
Spart an burg ._ 3 00 pm
l.v Augusta. '-' .r> > pm
Ar Allondalo. ?'>?"' pm
Knirfax. 5 16 pm
Yoinns8ce. 030am 0 20 pm
Reauforl .10 35am 7 20 pm
Port Royal.1060am 7 30 pm
Savannah . 8 00 pm
Charleston. 8 08 pm
l.v Charleston. . (I .V? am
Savannah. U 60 am
Port Itoval. ii 65pm 7 10 am
lleaufort .7 10pm 7 60 am
Yemassco . . 345pm 0 10 nm
Fairfax. 10 20 am
Allondalo. 10 35 am
Ar Augusta. 12 40 n'n
Clost.nnecliona nl (Ireonwood for all
points on S. A b, and C. AC. Railway, am'
at Sparlauhurg with Southern Hallway,
For Information relative to tickets, rates
sehcdulcs, et?'. address
W. .1. I IRA I c, (icn. Pass. Agent. Angus
ta. II*.
F. M. NORTH, Sol. Agent, Augusta, (la
J, s. Curelon, agent, c. II. Speightt
, Gen. Agent,?ireonvifle. s. c
ATLANTIC COAST blN?
l'ABSKNGKK DFPA KTM KMT.
Wilmington, N. 6'., Jan. 10,'A, is'J?
fast ling:
? IIKTW HUN?
Charleston ami Columbia and Uppei
South Carolina, North Carr
lina, and At liens and
Atlanta.
CON DUNSBU 8CH I DU I.K
Going West. C ?oig b R?l
No. 52, No. 58,
7 00am* hv_Charleston ?Ar u 3 pn
8 2?) .Lanes. 7 is
;i .Sumtor. a 't?
10 55 Ar.Columbia. l.v 5 1">
11 :>s .Prosperity. 3 13
t'J 1' ptn .Newherry. 2 ?7
12 60 .Clinton. '2 t i
1 16 .... hiiircns .... 1 -1 ?
I 33 .... Greenwood .... .
304 .Abbeville .
5 to .ktheu On.
1 45 .. Atlanta_ ....
li 15pm .. Winnshoro, S, C.. 0 fiai?
S_2n_ _^<'liarloite. N. <' <t 3.r>
3 36pm Ar ...Anderson, S. c.l.v 11 0-r<HD
4 20 _Oreoenvllle_ in .in
3 10 ?Spart anbury ... it 15
005 Uendorsonville N.C. H Hi
7 tNi . Ashovlllo, S.c... s ??(.
? Dail\,
Nos. 52 and 53 Solid trains bei woe
Charleston ami Columbia, S. C? and can
through ooaoh belwocn Charleston i.t
Atlanta. H, M, KM KRSON,
Ass't Ccn l Passenger Agt
i U. KKN FV. P. M . KM KRHON
'l?n'l MinvoT. Tradln Mamrn
Southern and Western Btook >it-n
Know n good thing when the.v see it.
Thoro for o, for Soratohes, Sweeny,
Lttnghnne, Stratos, Sprains. Bruise",
Saddle and Hanif?8 cwils. ami nil ail
ments of horses, they use K'eeV Goose
Grease Liniment. It is (rood for man
or beast. Sold und guaranteed by nil
druggists and gt neral stores.
AURUNSBAK
w. ii. ma kt ix,
AI tornoy at Law,
LauKKN8, - South Carolina."
Wilt practice in nil Court* of this Statu
Attention givnn to collection*.
r. joiinhon.
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SIMPSON ?V It A UKSD.V LI',
Attorney* at Law,
LAURKNS, south CAROLINA
Sneoial at tention given to the Investi
gation of titles and collection of claims
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Ii VLL, SI M KINS A Ii VLL,
A i (orneyM n I f iiiw,
Lau it uns, Sotri ? i Cakoi.ina.
Will practica in h'I lam *?ml Uuitod
StxlOH Court. N,.' ial nltoullon ^ivim
rollection?,
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Who is Will Whitener ?
He is our Fashionable Hair Cutter and Shaver
-IM BENDEL.L.A HOTEL.
WE WANT TO EXCHANGE
Pianos,
Organ] or
Sewing Machine]
-for- -
-Good Horses.
4WoT^r " & CO.